Genome Size Evolution in Pufferfish: A Comparative Analysis of Diodontid and Tetraodontid Pufferfish Genomes

Table 3.

Deletion and Insertion Profile in Tetraodontid (Smooth) and Diodontid (Spiny) Puffers

Tetraodontidae Diodontidae Significance
Ratio of deletions to point substitutions 0.04 (0.026–0.063) 0.06 (0.044–0.079) NS
Ratio of insertions to point substitutions 0.03 (0.017–0.049) 0.03 (0.018–0.043) NS
Average deletion size (bp) 19.8 19.1 NS
Average insertion size (bp)  2.7  2.6 NS
Deletion bias (base pairs lost/substitution)  0.7  1.1 NS

  • ↵Numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals estimated by bootstrapping.

  • ↵Not statistically significant.

  • ↵Defined as (deletion rate) × (average deletion size) − (insertion rate) × (average insertion size).

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